It was a joy that knows no bounds last week, when four youngsters and siblings of an average family with a minimal income level, climbed down the lucky draws stage of Etisalat’s 9jillion regional game show, N2.2 million richer.

Perhaps, crises make Pioneer telecommunications company, Mobitel, stronger. The company since it announced interest for a comeback to active telecommunications operations, with the bidding and subsequent winning and payment of the controversial 2.3Ghz Wimax spectrum license recently, has itself been in and out of controversies.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Barring any unforseen development, work will soon commence on the planned expansion of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway which has generated mixed reactions from the public. Since the plan was first mooted and brought to public attention through the media, many have wondered whether it would ever see the light of day. The common […]

Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) and MTN have announced a next step in their strategic co-operation by combining their international carrier services, resulting in MTN holding an equity stake in BICS.

supplier of prepaid telephone cards in Africa, Nasuba Express has said it is set to launch yet another new product for her African market tagged “Nasuba Express card.”

Second National Operator Globacom may be asking Nigerians to get back to their roots with a recent sponsor of the Western Nigeria International Agriculture Summit, provision of relaxed tariff plan for the farmers and subsequently grabbing award as the Most farmer friendly telecom company, in the process.

TWO Nigerians, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, and Mr. Pascal Dozie, as well as Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, and Maria Ramos of South Africa, were the only four African personalities crowned at the Grosvenor Hotel, Parklane, London, at the Africa Business Awards 2009, which had Rwandan President, Mr. Paul Kagame as special guest of honour.

By Noble Nwabueze IN its resolve to open up the rural areas of the state and quicken the pace of its industrial development, the Imo State Government under the leadership of Chief Ikedi Ohakim, is accessing N18.5 billion bond from the nation’s capital market as the first phase of the N40 billion medium term note […]

As part of ipNX’s mission to enable optimal technology driven communication to her numerous customers, the company has reinstated its commitment in ensuring that Nigerians have access to a reliable and affordable telephone service with a price offer as low as N6.99.

IN a surprising, but  bold move, the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, last Tuesday released names of prominent Nigerians listed as owing the failed banks huge sums of money totaling  over N49 billion. Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, who leads the Committee, started receiving threat messages while still reeling off the names. With […]

Olu Maintain has dropped a new single from his forth coming album, ‘With all due respect, press play’. The single, titled ‘What a man can do’ features Kentro World (Remember Karmakazee?).

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA- DESPITE last week’s vacation of an interlocutory injunction by an Anambra High Court sitting in Onitsha which the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) relied on to bring back the Uchenna Emodi-led state executive of the Party, the acclaimed godfather of Anambra politics, Chief Chris Uba, at […]

By Emma Amaize WARRI -  VICE-CHAIRMAN of the Oporoza Federated Communities in Delta State, Apostle Clement Tonfawei says the Federal Government should face the naked reality on ground in the Niger-Delta by massively developing the region instead of lobbying militants with amnesty to consent to its rule without trouble. What the President is doing today […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI – THE President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Ambassador Ralph Uwachue, has blamed Igbo woes on “the individualistic and blindly opportunistic attitude of some Igbo politicians in total disregard of Igbo collective interest within the Nigerian family”. Uwachue stated this while delivering the sixth Senator Emeka Echeruo Memorial Lecture titled “the political […]

By Emma Amaize WARR I -  MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says it does not require the blessings of every militant leader in the region to constitute a negotiating team to present its demands to the Federal Government. Spokesman of the group, Jomo Gbomo in an exclusive electronic mail response to Vanguard […]